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Boston Conservatory
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The Boston Conservatory is a performing arts conservatory located in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in music, dance and theater, the Boston Conservatory was founded in 1867. In recent years, the school has become informally known as BoCo. In December 2015, Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory agreed to merge, the merge was official in Summer 2016. The combined institution, located in Boston’s historic Back Bay and Fenway neighborhoods, is now known as “Berklee, ” with the Conservatory being “Boston Conservatory at Berklee. ”The Boston Conservatory was founded on February 11,1867 by Julius Eichberg, a violinist and composer. Eichberg founded the Conservatory as a training academy and a community music school. It was one of the first conservatories to grant admission to African Americans, in 1873, Eichberg’s operetta, “The Doctor of Alcontara” was performed at the Conservatory by the first African-American opera company in the U. S. In 1878, Eichberg established the Eichberg String Quartet, the first professional female quartet, mr. Eichbergs death in 1893 lead to the direction of R. Marriner Floyd with Herman P. Chelius, organist and composer serving as the musical director. Under their direction, the school was first incorporated in 1896, after the turn of the century, the Conservatory merged with the National Associated Studios of Music, and created the first grand opera department in the U. S. In 1943, Jan Veen established The Boston Conservatory Dance Division, in 1951, the school gained authority to award Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in drama and dance. Currently, The Boston Conservatory is an independent private college which has accredited programs in music, dance, the Conservatory presents more than 700 performances each year. In 2015, The Boston Conservatory began talks with Berklee College of Music to explore a merger of the two schools, on January 19,2016, the two schools announced that they would be merging. The agreement was signed the day, with Berklee College of Music being renamed Berklee. The Music Division For the 2014-2015 school year, the Music Division enrolled 198 undergraduate and 211 graduate students taught by 114 full-, the school awards the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees as well as Graduate Performance Diplomas, Artist Diplomas and Professional Studies Certificates. The Dance Division For the 2014-2015 school year, the Dance Division enrolled 129 undergraduate students, training in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, ethnic styles, Pilates, Alexander Technique, and choreography is offered. The Dance Division offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, the Director of the Dance Division is Cathy Young. The B. F. A. in contemporary dance program has been recognized by Backstage and Onstage. com as the best contemporary dance program in the country. The department offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees, seniors may choose an emphasis in Directing, Music Performance, Dance, or Acting
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Sarah Caldwell
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Sarah Caldwell was an American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director. Caldwell was born in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Fayetteville and she was a child prodigy and gave public performances on the violin by the time she was ten years old. She graduated from Fayetteville High School at the age of 14, Caldwell graduated from Hendrix College in 1944 and attended the University of Arkansas as well as the New England Conservatory of Music. She won a scholarship as a player at the Berkshire Music Center in 1946. In 1947, she staged Vaughan Williamss Riders to the Sea, for 11 years she served as the chief assistant to Boris Goldovsky. Caldwell moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1952 and became head of the Boston University opera workshop. In 1957 she started the Boston Opera Group, which became the Opera Company of Boston and she was also known for putting together interesting variations on standard operas. At the New York City Opera, Caldwell staged Der junge Lord and Ariadne auf Naxos, in 1976, she both conducted and directed Il barbiere di Siviglia, which was televised over PBS, and did the same for Falstaff in 1979. In 1976, Caldwell became the first female conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, in 1978, she led Lelisir damore there, with José Carreras and Judith Blegen. She appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, also in 1976 she directed John La Montaines U. S. Bicentennial opera Be Glad Then, America with Odetta, Donald Gramm, Richard Lewis, David Lloyd, and the Penn State University Choirs, Caldwell also directed one non-musical production, the 1981 Lincoln Center staging of Shakespeares Macbeth, presented on cable TV in 1982. It starred Philip Anglim and Maureen Anderman, with a then-unknown Kelsey Grammer in the role of Ross. In 1975 Caldwell received a D. F. A. from Bates College, in 1996 she received the National Medal of Arts. She has been inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame, in the 1980s, Opera New England, a branch of Ms. Caldwells Opera Company of Boston, was the touring ambassador of opera to the New England states. She employed young professional singers in productions that were fully staged and she died, aged 82, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, from heart failure. She is remembered on the Boston Womens Heritage Trail, donizetti, Don Pasquale EMI Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. If you approach an opera as though it were something that went a certain way. I approach an opera as though I didnt know it, if you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera
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Opera Company of Boston
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The Opera Company of Boston was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was active from the late 1950s through the 1980s. The company was founded by American conductor Sarah Caldwell in 1958 under the name Boston Opera Group, at one time, the touring arm of the company was called Opera New England. Caldwell served as director and conductor for most of the companys productions throughout its more than three decade-long history. This focus on distinctive repertoire, along with Caldwells innovative stage direction, garnered the group wide acclaim, in 1990, after 32 seasons, the company was forced to close due to financial difficulties. Hailed by The Boston Globe as a production, the company was invited to present the work on the lawn of the White House in a performance attended by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. On the heels of this success, Caldwell decided to stage a production of Puccinis La bohème, at this point the opera company did not have a home theatre. The fifty-year-old Boston Opera House had been in disuse for a time and was torn down just months before Caldwell founded her company. Finally in 1975 the company settled on renting the Orpheum Theatre where it held performances for the five years. Although the Orpheum Theater was adequate for the needs, Caldwell dreamed of having her own facility. In 1978 the company bought the B. F. Keith Memorial Theater, the theater was acquired with the help of opera patron Susan Timken, the heiress to a prominent New England company fortune. At the time of its purchase, the theatre was run-down but had a lot of potential, being able to seat 2,500 people, however, the stage was only 35 feet deep, and therefore somewhat limiting. Further, a renovation of the theatre was impossible, as the company was not able to afford the expense of all the necessary repairs. In spite of problems, Caldwell pressed ahead and the company moved into their new home in 1980. Eventually the cost of upkeep on the proved to be too much as more and more things began to break down. The company could not afford to maintain the building and sold it after the 1989/1990 season to a Texas developer, although the company still technically existed for another year, they never produced another opera after this point. Throughout its history an impressive roster of singers have performed with the Opera Company of Boston, even from the beginning years at the Donnelly, Caldwell was able to attract first rate artists, most notably Beverly Sills and Joan Sutherland, to the companys roster. She also had an eye for emerging talent with singers like James Billings getting their start with the company, likewise, a number of notable people have worked on the staff of the company or have served in some other artistic capacity. Ralph Lyford served as the associate conductor for a number of years
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Brotherhood (U.S. TV series)
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The show was not renewed after its third season, which Showtime later confirmed was the last. The series was produced and almost entirely written by Masters and Henry Bromell and it was filmed on location in Providence, Rhode Island. The show won a Peabody Award, Brotherhood was created by New England native Blake Masters. Prior to creating the series, Masters made a living selling screenplays to studios, however. Stephen told Masters and his agent Brant Rose that it would work better as a series, Masters agreed to adapt it into a television series, reasoning that the dynamic between the brothers was sustainable and compelling. Stephen brought Masters to present the idea to premium cable network Showtime, after the pilot had been shot, it was shown to the Showtime executives, who ordered an entire season. Because of Masters inexperience in producing television, Showtime executives asked him to someone to help him spearhead the project. Masters, a fan of Homicide, Life on the Street, suggested Henry Bromell, a meeting was arranged between Masters and Bromell through Showtime. Bromell was impressed with the pilot and accepted Masters offer to join the production crew, executive producers Masters and Bromell served as showrunners and head writers during the production of the shows three seasons. The pilot episode, Mark 8,36, was directed by Australian director Phillip Noyce, Noyce also directed the second season premiere. Veteran television director Ed Bianchi directed seven episodes of the show, including the first and second season finales, other recurring directors include Nick Gomez, who directed three episodes, and Steve Shill, Alik Sakharov and Brian Kirk who directed two episodes each. Jean de Segonzac, Leslie Libman, Thomas Carter, Michael Corrente, Seith Mann, Masters and Bromell have also directed the series, with Bromell having directed three episode and Masters two. The series was filmed largely on location in Providence, Rhode Island, after Elizabeth Guber Stephen was told they couldn’t shoot in Boston due to budget, Stephen worked out a deal with the Rhode Island Film Office to work within the network budget. Stephen and her team also helped write the tax incentive legislation for film, the Providence Journal editorialized on the production as follows, The production of Showtimes The Brotherhood has enlivened Providence streets on and off for months. Movies mean money, and film festivals lubricate our celloid culture in preparation for more, some scenes were filmed at the Olneyville New York System Restaurant in Providence. In May 2007 the shows camera crews went to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, to various street scenes. Thanks to events in the first season, Moe holds a grudge against Michael that persists through the whole series. Speaker Damien Di Paola as Paul Carvalho Georgia Lyman as Cassie Giggs, upon returning he begins to re-assume his old criminal business alongside his friend Pete McConagle
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House of Cards (U.S. TV series)
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House of Cards is an American political drama web television series created by Beau Willimon. It is an adaptation of the BBCs mini-series of the name and is based on the novel by Michael Dobbs. The thirteen episode first season premiered on February 1,2013, thirteen episode seasons followed on February 14,2014, February 27,2015 and March 4,2016. Netflix announced a season due for release on May 30,2017. Willimon has stated plans for the shows future are decided after each season. House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a Democrat from South Carolinas 5th congressional district and House Majority Whip. After being passed over for appointment as Secretary of State, he initiates a plan to get himself into a position of greater power, aided by his wife. The series deals primarily with themes of pragmatism, manipulation. House of Cards has received reviews and several award nominations. It is the first original online-only web television series to receive major Emmy nominations, the show also earned eight Golden Globe Award nominations, with Wright winning for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2014 and Spacey winning for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 2015. However, Underwood soon learns that he is no longer being considered for the position, Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez tells Underwood that the president wants him to promote his agenda in Congress and will not honor their agreement. Inwardly seething, Underwood quickly gains control of his anger and hides his disappointment to present himself as a lieutenant to the president. In reality, Underwood begins a plan behind the presidents back. Franks wife Claire runs an NGO, the Clean Water Initiative, using the charity to cultivate her own power and influence, yet its ultimate purpose remains unknown. Despite the success of the operation, Claire seeks to expand its scope to the international stage and they both work with Remy Danton, a corporate lobbyist and former Underwood staffer, to secure funds for their operations and further their influence. Underwood begins a highly intricate plan to obtain a cabinet position, meanwhile, he manipulates Peter Russo, a troubled alcoholic and congressman from Pennsylvania, into helping him undermine Walkers pick for Secretary of State, Senator Michael Kern. Underwood eventually has Kern replaced with his own choice, Senator Catherine Durant, Underwood also uses Russo in a plot to end a teachers strike and pass an education bill, which improves Underwoods standing with President Walker. Because the new Vice President is the governor of Pennsylvania
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Orange Is the New Black
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Orange Is the New Black is an American comedy-drama web television series. Orange Is the New Black is streamed on Netflix, and premiered on July 11,2013, in February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. The fifth season will be released on June 9,2017, Orange Is the New Black has become Netflixs most-watched original series. It has received acclaim and many accolades. A new Emmy rule in 2015 forced the series to change categories from comedy to drama, for its second season, the series received four Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, and Uzo Aduba won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Orange Is the New Black is the first series to score Emmy nominations in both comedy and drama categories, Piper had been convicted of transporting a suitcase full of drug money for her girlfriend Alex Vause, an international drug smuggler. The offense had occurred 10 years prior to the start of the series and in that time Piper had moved on to a quiet and her sudden and unexpected indictment severely disrupts her relationships with her fiancé, family and friends. In prison, Piper is reunited with Alex and they re-examine their relationship, simultaneously, Piper must learn how to survive in prison, and how to overcome its numerous, inherent struggles. Episodes often feature flashbacks of significant events from various inmates and prison guards pasts and these flashbacks typically explain how the inmate came to be in prison, or otherwise further develop the characters backstory. Show creator Jenji Kohan read Piper Kermans memoir after a friend sent it to her and this appealed to Kerman as it let her know that she was a fan and she signed off on the adaptation. Kohan would later go on to describe the character, Piper Chapman as a trojan horse for the series allowing it to focus on characters whose demographics would not normally be represented on TV. In July 2011, it was revealed that Netflix was in negotiations with Lionsgate for a 13-episode TV adaptation of Kermans memoirs with Kohan as creator, in November 2011, negotiations were finalized and the series had been greenlit. Casting announcements began in August 2012 with Taylor Schilling, the first to be cast, in the role as Piper Chapman. Kohan instead gave her the role of Alex, around the same time Laverne Cox, a black transgender woman, was cast as Sophia Burset, a transgender character. The Advocate touted Orange Is the New Black as possibly the first women-in-prison narrative to cast a woman for this type of role. This American Life host Ira Glass was offered a role as a radio host. The role instead went to Robert Stanton, who plays the fictional host Maury Kind, the series is set in a fictional prison in Litchfield, New York, which is a real town in upstate New York, but it does not have a federal penitentiary. The series began filming in the old Rockland Childrens Psychiatric Center in Rockland County, New York, the title sequence features photos of real former female prisoners including Kerman herself
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Alpha House
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Alpha House is an American political satire web television series produced by Amazon Studios. The show stars John Goodman, Clark Johnson, Matt Malloy, Senators who share a house in Washington, D. C. It was created by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau, the show premiered on Amazon. com on April 19,2013. The series is inspired by several actual Democratic legislators who share a row house in D. C, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Chuck Schumer, and Representative George Miller. The series has a number of cameos from such as Bill Murray. Amazon Studios offered the first three episodes of Alpha House for free, with each subsequent episode released weekly thereafter for Amazon Prime members on Amazon Video, on February 11,2014, the series was renewed for a second season. Production for the season began filming in July 2014. The series was canceled after the second season, John Goodman as Gil John Biggs, a Republican U. S. Senator from North Carolina and former coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels. Clark Johnson as Robert Bettencourt, a Republican U. S, Senator from Pennsylvania who is currently eighth in seniority. Matt Malloy as Louis Laffer, a Republican U. S, Senator from Nevada who owns the house where the four Senators live. Mark Consuelos as Andy Guzman, a Republican U. S, Senator from Florida and candidate for president. Yara Martinez as Adriana de Portago, Andy Guzmans girlfriend and Cuban-American heiress who runs a super PAC that assists Republican campaigns, alicia Sable as Tammy Stackhouse, a legislative assistant to Senator Biggs. Julie White as Maddie Biggs, the wife of Senator Biggs. Production for the season began filming in July 2014. Reaction to Alpha House has been generally positive, metacritic gives season 1 an average rating of 68/100 based on reviews from 18 critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the show a score of 72% based on reviews from 25 critics, in Australia, where Amazon Video isnt available, the series premiered on SoHo on July 14,2014, and returned for season two on February 26,2015. Post production including ADR recording for the series was done at recording studio Cherry Beach Sound, Alpha House at the Internet Movie Database Alpha House on Amazon. com
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Olive Kitteridge
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Olive Kitteridge is a novel by American author Elizabeth Strout. It presents a portrait of the character and a number of recurring characters in the coastal town of Crosby. It takes the form of 13 short stories that are interrelated and it won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award. HBO produced a four-part mini-series, based on the novel, featuring Frances McDormand in the title role, the series won eight awards at the 2015 Primetime Emmys. Henry Kitteridge – Olives husband, Crosbys town pharmacist and she and Olive had a bad relationship. Christopher Chris Kitteridge – Olive and Henrys son, a podiatrist, dr. Suzanne Sue Bernstein-Kitteridge – Chriss first wife, Jewish, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, persuades him to leave Crosby and move to California, they divorce soon thereafter. Ann Kitteridge – Chriss second wife, met in a group for divorcees, encourages him to follow their therapist to New York City. Theodore – Anns son by her first marriage, annabelle – Anns daughter, father never identified, apparently the result of a fling after her divorce. The Thibodeau/McCarthy Family Denise Thibodeau – works at Henry Kitteridges pharmacy, Henry Thibodeau – Denises first husband, a former football hero, works as a plumber, killed in a hunting accident by his best friend Tony Kuzio. Jerry McCarthy – overweight delivery boy at the pharmacy, eventually becomes Denises second husband, paul McCarthy – Jerry and Denises teenaged son, obese like his father. Lounge Patrons and Employees Angela Angie OMeara – alcoholic piano player, malcolm Moody – Crosbys first selectman, having an extramarital affair with Angie. Walter Dalton – alcoholic regular, former professor, Malcom Moody calls him a fairy. Simon – Angies former boyfriend, also a player, left her to become a real estate lawyer in Boston. The Foster Connections Daisy Foster – goes to church with Henry Kitteridge, copper Foster – Daisys deceased husband, a policeman. Harmon – surname never given, owns hardware store, has an affair with Daisy, bonnie – Harmons wife, he eventually leaves her for Daisy. They have 4 adult sons, but only two are named, Kevin – One of Harmon and Bonnies sons, he keeps in closest contact with his parents. Derrick – Another of Harmon and Bonnies sons, more aloof, martha – Kevins wife, a vegetarian. The Burnham Connections Timothy Tim Burnham – sawmill worker, busted for growing marijuana, Nina White – Tims girlfriend, suffers from anorexia, Daisy Foster, Harmon and Olive all try to help her, eventually dies in treatment
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The Leftovers (TV series)
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The Leftovers is an American television drama series created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, airing on HBO. It is based on Perrottas novel of the same name, the pilot was written by Lindelof and Perrotta, and directed by Peter Berg. The series stars an ensemble cast featuring Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler, Chris Zylka, Margaret Qualley, Carrie Coon, and Ann Dowd. The series premiered on HBO on June 29,2014 and was renewed for a season, which premiered on October 4,2015. On December 10,2015, HBO renewed the show for a third and final season, following that event, mainstream religions declined, and a number of cults emerged, most notably the Guilty Remnant. The story focuses primarily on the Garvey family and their acquaintances in the town of Mapleton. Kevin Garvey is the Chief of Police and his wife Laurie has joined the Guilty Remnant. Their son Tommy has left home for college, and their daughter Jill is acting out, the second season moves the main characters to the fictional town of Jarden, Texas. Justin Theroux as Kevin Garvey, Jr. Mapletons Chief of Police, the breakup of his family puts more and more of a strain on him. Amy Brenneman as Laurie Garvey, Kevins wife, and Tom and Jills mother, Christopher Eccleston as Matt Jamison, a former reverend and current editor of a self-published tabloid that outs sinners. He struggles with his inability to accept that he, a good Christian, was not taken in the Sudden Departure while many sinners were, Liv Tyler as Megan Meg Abbott, a woman about to get married when she becomes the target of the Guilty Remnant. Chris Zylka as Tommy Garvey, Lauries son, who has dropped out of college. Margaret Qualley as Jill Garvey, Kevins teenage daughter, a student who has a difficult relationship with her father. Carrie Coon as Nora Durst, a wife and mother who lost her husband, son, Emily Meade as Aimee, Jills free-spirited high school friend, who seems unfazed by the rapture. Amanda Warren as Lucy Warburton, Mapletons take-no-prisoners mayor, Ann Dowd as Patti Levin, the leader of the local chapter of the Guilty Remnant. Michael Gaston as Dean, a man who seems to understand that times have changed, Max and Charlie Carver as Adam and Scott Frost, happy-go-lucky identical twin brothers. Annie Q. as Christine, one of Holy Waynes many groupies, janel Moloney as Mary Jamison, Matts wife, who was paralyzed by a car crash during the Sudden Departure. Regina King as Erika Murphy, a doctor who runs an urgent-care facility, the Murphys are the Garveys neighbors in Jarden, Texas
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30 Rock
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30 Rock is an American satirical television sitcom created by Tina Fey that ran on NBC from October 11,2006, to January 31,2013. The series, loosely based on Feys experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live and this series is produced by Broadway Video and Little Stranger, Inc. in association with NBCUniversal. 30 Rock episodes were produced in a setup, and were filmed in New York. The pilot episode premiered on October 11,2006, and seven seasons followed, tonally,30 Rock uses surreal humor to parody the complex corporate structure of NBC and its then parent company General Electric. Television critic Todd VanDerWerff of The A. V, club once remarked that it usually adopts the manic pacing of a live-action cartoon. The show was influential in its use of smash cuts, sudden. 30 Rock also became known for its dedication to making these extremely elaborate,30 Rock received critical acclaim throughout its run, winning several major awards, and achieving the top ranking on myriad critics year-end best of 2006-2013 lists. On July 14,2009, the series was nominated for 22 Primetime Emmy Awards, over the course of the series, it was nominated for 103 Primetime Emmy Awards and won 16, in addition to numerous other nominations and wins from other awards shows. Despite the high praise, the series struggled in the ratings throughout its run, today,30 Rock is regarded as a landmark series. Its series finale in particular has been named as one of the greatest in history by several publications. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America named 30 Rock the 21st best-written television series of all time, in 2002, Fey was the head writer and a performer on the television show Saturday Night Live. She pitched the show that became 30 Rock to NBC, originally as a sitcom about cable news, NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly felt that Fey was using the news setting as a fig leaf for her own experience and encouraged her to write what she knew. The show was reworked to revolve around an SNL-style sketch show. After being presented to Reilly once more, the show was set to air during the 2005–2006 television season, eventually, Lewis gave in just a month before his retirement, and Melcher backed down. Filming was postponed due to Tina Feys first pregnancy, during the 2004–2005 pilot season, a pilot was announced named Untitled Tina Fey Project. The 30 Rock pilot focused on the boss of a variety show who must manage her relationships with the shows volatile star and its charismatic executive producer. The storyline evolved into one that dealt with a writer of a variety show who dealt with both of the stars, as well as the shows new network executive. 30 Rock was officially given the light to air May 15,2006
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Inside Llewyn Davis
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Inside Llewyn Davis /ˈluː. ɪn deɪvɪs/ is a 2013 American black comedy drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1961, the film one week in the life of Llewyn Davis, played by Oscar Isaac. It co-stars Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, F. Murray Abraham, although Davis is a fictional character, the story was partly inspired by the autobiography of folk singer Dave Van Ronk. Most of the songs performed in the film are sung in full. T Bone Burnett was the music producer. The film won the Grand Prix at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the film received a limited release in the United States on December 6,2013, and was given a wide release on January 10,2014. Inside Llewyn Davis has been acclaimed, and was voted the 11th best film of the 21st century by 177 critics in a 2016 BBC Culture poll. In February 1961, Llewyn Davis is a folk singer in New York Citys Greenwich Village. His musical partner, Mike Timlin, has died by suicide, his recent solo album Inside Llewyn Davis is not selling, he has no money and is sleeping on the couches of friends and acquaintances. Llewyn wakes up in the apartment of two of his older and wealthier friends, the Gorfeins, when he leaves, the Gorfeins cat escapes and Llewyn is locked out. Llewyn takes the cat to the apartment of Jim and Jean Berkey, Jean reluctantly agrees to let Llewyn stay that night. Jean tells Llewyn she is pregnant, the next morning, the Gorfeins cat escapes again. Later Jean, fearing that Llewyn may be the father, asks him to pay for an abortion, Llewyn visits his sister in the hope of borrowing money but realizes it wont be possible. Their conversation makes it clear that they are living in different worlds and she mentions that he should look into going back to the Merchant Marine if the music business isnt working out. On Jims invitation, Llewyn, as part of the John Glenn Singers, records a novelty song with Jim, needing money immediately, Llewyn agrees to $200 with no royalties. While talking to Jean at a café, Llewyn spots what he believes to be the Gorfeins cat, asked to play after dinner, he reluctantly performs Fare Thee Well, a song he had recorded with Mike. When Mrs. Gorfein starts to sing Mikes harmony, Llewyn becomes angry, Mrs. Gorfein leaves the table crying, then returns with the cat, having realized that it is not theirs. Llewyn rides with two musicians driving to Chicago, the beat poet Johnny Five and the odious jazz musician Roland Turner
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Birdman (film)
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Birdman or, commonly known simply as Birdman, is a 2014 American black comedy film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. It was written by Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. the film stars Michael Keaton with a supporting cast of Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts. The story follows Riggan Thomson, a faded Hollywood actor best known for playing the superhero Birdman, as he struggles to mount a Broadway adaptation of a short story by Raymond Carver. The film covers the period of previews leading to the opening, and with a brief exception appears as if filmed in a single shot. The film was shot in New York City during the spring of 2013 with a budget of $16.5 million jointly financed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, New Regency Pictures and it premiered the following year in August where it opened the 71st Venice International Film Festival. Birdman had a theatrical release in the United States on October 17,2014, followed by a wide release on November 14. It also won Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Keaton and Best Screenplay at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. Riggan Thomson is a faded American actor who is famous for playing the superhero Birdman in a film trilogy 20 years ago and he is tormented by the mocking and critical internal voice of Birdman and is frequently shown performing feats of levitation and telekinesis. Riggan is trying to gain recognition as an actor for writing, directing. Jake, Riggans best friend and lawyer, is producing the play which co-stars Riggans girlfriend Laura, Riggans daughter Sam, a recovering drug addict whom he is trying to reconnect with, is working as his assistant. The day before the first preview, a light falls onto Riggans hopeless co-star Ralph. At Lesleys suggestion, Riggan replaces Ralph with her boyfriend, the brilliant, Riggan clashes continually with Mike and is incensed at influential theater critic Tabitha Dicksons praise for Mikes performance, but Jake persuades him to continue with the play. Riggan catches Sam using marijuana and berates her, she tells him he is expendable, during the final preview, Riggan goes for a cigarette and accidentally locks himself outside with his robe stuck in the fire escape door. He is forced to walk through Times Square in his underwear, a concerned Sam is waiting in his dressing room after the show. She thinks the performance was very weird but sort of cool and they talk about the show, him being a bad father and her rehab experience. She shows him that the Times Square footage is going viral, Riggan goes to a bar for a drink and approaches Tabitha, accusing her of not understanding theater and just being someone who crudely labels things. She tells him that she hates ignorant Hollywood celebrities who pretend to be serious actors, on the way back, Riggan buys a pint of whiskey, drinks it and passes out on a stoop. Riggan jumps off the roof and flies through the streets of Manhattan before arriving at the theater, on the opening night the play is going very well
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The Judge (2014 film)
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The Judge is a 2014 American drama film directed by David Dobkin. The film stars Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent DOnofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, the film was released in the United States on October 10,2014. Thomas Newman also received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Original Score, Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago who has been estranged from his family in a small town in Indiana for some time. While in court, he receives a call telling him his mother has died, as he leaves to fly to his hometown of Carlinville, it is revealed that Hank is going through a divorce and custody battle for his young daughter. In Carlinville, Hank reunites with his older brother Glen, owner of a shop, and his younger brother Dale. Hank then stops by the county courthouse, softly enters a courtroom. The judge is Joseph Palmer, Hanks father, when Joseph sees Hank for the first time in many years, at the funeral, he is treating guests with kindness but acknowledges his son coldly. The next morning, Hank notices damage to his fathers Cadillac Coupe DeVille as he is preparing to leave, upon seeing the damage, Joseph denies knowing how it happened, but Hank believes his father was drinking and driving and damaged his own car. After a heated exchange, Hank leaves, promising never to return, but after boarding his plane, Hank learns that Joseph is being questioned by police with regard to a fatal hit and run. The victim is identified as Mark Blackwell, a recently released convicted murderer whose crimes, before the killing, after Blackwells blood is found on the car, Joseph is soon indicted, with prosecutor Dwight Dickham seeking a conviction for first-degree murder. Hank agrees to defend Joseph and learns that his father was undergoing chemotherapy, Joseph saw to it that Hank was sent to a youth detention center, and Hank left Carlinville after never receiving acknowledgement from Joseph for turning his life around. Hank also reconnects with his old girlfriend Sam, whom he abandoned after going to a Metallica concert more than 20 years ago and he discovers that Sam has a daughter, Carla, born nine months after he left, and deals with his concern that he is Carlas father. At trial, Hank believes he has established enough reasonable doubt in the case to result in an acquittal, but Joseph sabotages the case by testifying that although he still cannot remember the accident, he has come to believe that he probably did kill Blackwell intentionally. Joseph confesses on the stand that he was haunted by Blackwells case, having seen Hank in Blackwell. Having misread Blackwell, Joseph afterward saw him in Hank, after acknowledging Hank as the best lawyer he knows, Joseph dies peacefully in the boat. Hank, having peace with his father, returns to the courtroom Joseph once reigned over, and spins the judges chair. The script was written by Nick Schenk. In March 2011, the script was to be rewritten by David Seidler, in April 2013, Bill Dubuque was enlisted to rewrite it
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CNN
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The Cable News Network is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. It was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel, upon its launch, CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage, and was the first all-news television channel in the United States. While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from the Time Warner Center in New York City and its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta is only used for weekend programming. CNN is sometimes referred to as CNN/U. S. to distinguish the American channel from its sister network. As of August 2010, CNN is available in over 100 million U. S. households, broadcast coverage of the U. S. channel extends to over 890,000 American hotel rooms, as well as carriage on cable and satellite providers throughout Canada. Globally, CNN programming airs through CNN International, which can be seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories, as of February 2015, CNN is available to about 96,289,000 cable, satellite, and telco television households in the United States. The Cable News Network was launched at 5,00 p. m. Eastern Time on June 1,1980, after an introduction by Ted Turner, the husband and wife team of David Walker and Lois Hart anchored the channels first newscast. Burt Reinhardt, the vice president of CNN at its launch, hired most of the channels first 200 employees, including the networks first news anchor. Since its debut, CNN has expanded its reach to a number of cable and satellite providers, several websites. The company has 36 bureaus, more than 900 affiliated local stations, the channels success made a bona-fide mogul of founder Ted Turner and set the stage for conglomerate Time Warners eventual acquisition of the Turner Broadcasting System in 1996. A companion channel, CNN2, was launched on January 1,1982, on January 28,1986, CNN carried the only live television coverage of the launch and subsequent break-up of Space Shuttle Challenger, which killed all seven crew members on board. On October 14,1987, Jessica McClure, an 18-month-old toddler, fell down a well in Midland, CNN quickly reported on the story, and the event helped make its name. This was before correspondents reported live from the capital while American bombs were falling. Before Saddam Hussein held a press conference with a few of the hundreds of Americans he was holding hostage. Before the nation watched, riveted but powerless, as Los Angeles was looted and burned, before O. J. Simpson took a slow ride in a white Bronco, and before everyone close to his case had an agent and a book contract. This was uncharted territory just a time ago. The moment when bombing began was announced on CNN by Bernard Shaw on January 16,1991, as follows, lets describe to our viewers what were seeing. The skies over Baghdad have been illuminated, were seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky
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Today (U.S. TV program)
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Today, also called The Today Show, is an American news and talk morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14,1952 and it was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest-running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987, the weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Todays dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, Today has maintained its No.2 status since the summer of 2012 each year behind GMA. In 2002, Today was ranked No.17 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, the shows first broadcast aired on January 14,1952. It was the brainchild of Sylvester B, Pat Weaver, Jr. who was then vice president of NBC. Weaver was president of the company from 1953 to 1955, during which time Todays late-night companion The Tonight Show premiered, in pre-production, the shows proposed title was The Rise and Shine Revue. Today was the first program of its genre when it premiered with original host Dave Garroway, the program blended national news headlines, interviews with newsmakers, lifestyle features, other light news and gimmicks, and local news updates from the networks stations. It has spawned several other shows of a type, including ABCs Good Morning America. In other countries, the format was copied – most notably in the United Kingdom with the BBCs Breakfast Time and TV-ams Good Morning Britain, and in Canada with Canada AM on CTV. When Today debuted, it was seen only in the Eastern and Central time zones. Since 1958, Today has been tape-delayed for the five other U. S. time zones, partly to accommodate host Dave Garroways declining health, the program ceased live broadcasts in the summer of 1958, opting instead to broadcast an edition taped the previous afternoon. The experiment, which drew criticism from many sides, ended when John Chancellor replaced Garroway in July 1961, a fourth hour was eventually added on September 10,2007. NBC stations in some markets air the third and fourth hours of Today on tape delay, WHDH in Boston, Massachusetts was an NBC station that would follow this practice to accommodate an hour of local news at 9,00 am. On January 1,2017, the NBC affiliation in Boston moved to a new owned-and-operated station, WBTS, which airs the third and fourth hours of Today at its regular 9,00 am and 10,00 am timeslots. Generally, the program live in the Eastern Time Zone. When breaking news stories warrant, Today will broadcast a live West Coast edition, the live updates typically do not last longer than the 7,00 a. m. hour and once completed, will return to the taped East Coast feed. When the anchors welcome the viewers to the show, they note the current time as being Pacific Time
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Fox & Friends
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Fox & Friends is a daily morning news/talk program that airs on Fox News Channel. The program is considered to have political leanings in its presentation. Fox & Friends evolved from Fox X-press, Fox News Channels original morning news program, after the September 11,2001 terrorist attacks, an additional hour was added to the beginning of the weekday show, but branded as a separate show called Fox & Friends First. It was the first Fox News show to air live for the day, since inception, the show is a talkshow format, featuring two male cohosts and a female cohost. Currently, Steve Doocey, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade cohost the show, at the top and bottom of the hour, the show highlights current Breaking News after which a meteorologist in The Weather Center reviews the national weather forecasts. If there are extraordinary conditions to be discussed, they refer to it as The Extreme Weather Center, the show features a casual format with the hosts and guests typically sitting on the sets curvy couch. After the show has ended for the day, a short online-only web show named After The Show Show which features behind-the-scenes footage not shown on air, is streamed on the Fox News website and it lasts from less than 3 minutes to 10 minutes. The Summer Concert Series features a music concert in the Fox News Channel Plaza each Friday from Memorial Day weekend though Labor Day weekend. Normal or Nuts is a segment in which psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow answers viewer questions posed via Facebook or Twitter, on Rebuildiing Dreams, real estate attorney Bob Massey offers non-legal advice on buying, selling, listing and pitfalls related to real estate transactions. So Sue Me is a segment in which Peter Johnson, Jr. offers his perspective on current events with legal implications, the New York Times has reported the show is one of the most successful on the network. For Hasselbeck’s first four weeks on the show, “Fox & Friends” averaged 1.226 million total viewers, in comparison, morning shows from both CNN and MSNBC combined to average 792,000 viewers. The New York Times wrote that Fox & Friends has become a platform for some of the most strident attacks on President Obama. The program has provided a platform for conspiracy theories about Obamas religion and, in May 2012, in response, a Fox News exec vice-president disavowed the video, blaming an associate producer and that the video slipped by senior managers at the network. Fox stated that the show was entertainment and does not pretend to be straight news. The story seemed to have sourced from a spoof news website National Report. In 2017, the show received attention when President of the United States Donald Trump live-tweeted several episodes of the show by tweeting anything that caught his attention. The weekday show has featured the two male hosts for its entire run, it has E. D. Hill, Weekdays co-host from 1998 to 2006. Alisyn Camerota, Weekend co-host, left on September 28,2013, maria Molina, Fox Cast meteorologist from 2010 to 2016 Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Weekdays co-host from 2013 to 2015, replaced by Ainsley Earhardt
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Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera, also known as JSC, is a Doha-based state-funded broadcaster owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partly funded by the House of Thani, the ruling family of Qatar. Al Jazeera is among the largest news organizations with 80 bureaus around the world, Al Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar. While Al Jazeera officials have stated that they are independent from the government of Qatar. Nonetheless, Al Jazeera declared the exposure and denunciation of the lies which brought the State of Israel into existence as its mission, the original Al Jazeera channels willingness to broadcast dissenting views, for example on call-in shows, created controversies in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. The station gained attention following the outbreak of war in Afghanistan. Al Jazeera has been called a propaganda outlet for the Qatari government and its policy, by analysts and by news reporters. The network is sometimes perceived to have mainly Islamist perspectives, promoting the Muslim Brotherhood, and having a pro-Sunni and it is also accused of having an anti-Western bias. However, Al Jazeera insists it covers all sides of a debate, it says it presents Israels view, Irans view, in Arabic, al-ǧazīrah literally means the island. However, it here to the Arabian Peninsula, which is شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-ğazīrah al-ʿarabiyyah. Al Jazeera Satellite Channel now known as was launched on 1 November 1996 following the closure of the BBCs Arabic language television station, a joint venture with Orbit Communications Company. The BBC channel had closed after a year and a half when the Saudi government attempted to suppress information, including a report on executions. Shares were held by investors as well as the Qatar government. Al Jazeeras first day on the air was 1 November 1996 and it offered 6 hours of programming per day, increased to 12 hours by the end of 1997. A more powerful Ku-band transponder became available as a peace-offering after its user, Canal France International, accidentally beamed 30 minutes of pornography into ultraconservative Saudi Arabia. Al Jazeera was not the first such broadcaster in the Middle East, a number had appeared since the Arabsat satellite, the unfolding of Operation Desert Storm on CNN International underscored the power of live television in current events. In presenting The opinion and the opinion, it did not take long for Al Jazeera to shock local viewers by presenting Israelis speaking Hebrew on Arab TV for the first time. Lively and far-ranging talk shows, particularly a popular, confrontational one called The Opposite Direction, were a constant source of controversy regarding issues of morality and this prompted a torrent of criticism from the conservative voices among the regions press. It also led to complaints and censures from neighboring governments
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. It is the most widely circulated newspaper published in Washington, D. C. and was founded on December 6,1877 and its current slogan is Democracy Dies in Darkness. Located in the city of the United States, the newspaper has a particular emphasis on national politics. Daily editions are printed for the District of Columbia, Maryland, the newspaper is published as a broadsheet, with photographs printed both in color and in black and white. The newspaper has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes and this includes six separate Pulitzers awarded in 2008, the second-highest number ever awarded to a single newspaper in one year, second only to The New York Times seven awards in 2002. Post journalists have also received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards, in years since, its investigations have led to increased review of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In 2013, its owners, the Graham family, sold the newspaper to billionaire entrepreneur. The newspaper is owned by Nash Holdings LLC, a holding company Bezos created for the acquisition, the Washington Post is generally regarded as one of the leading daily American newspapers, along with The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. The Post has distinguished itself through its reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress. It is one of the two daily broadsheets published in Washington D. C. the other being its smaller rival The Washington Times, unlike The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post does not print an edition for distribution away from the East Coast. In 2009, the newspaper ceased publication of its National Weekly Edition, the majority of its newsprint readership is in District of Columbia and its suburbs in Maryland and Northern Virginia. The Sunday Style section differs slightly from the weekday Style section, it is in a tabloid format, and it houses the reader-written humor contest The Style Invitational. Additional weekly sections appear on weekdays, Health & Science on Tuesday, Food on Wednesday, Local Living on Thursday, the latter two are in a tabloid format. In November 2009, it announced the closure of its U. S. regional bureaus—Chicago, Los Angeles and New York—as part of a focus on. political stories. The newspaper has bureaus in Maryland and Virginia. While its circulation has been slipping, it has one of the highest market-penetration rates of any metropolitan news daily, for many decades, the Post had its main office at 1150 15th Street NW. This real estate remained with Graham Holdings when the newspaper was sold to Jeff Bezos Nash Holdings in 2013, Graham Holdings sold 1150 15th Street for US$159 million in November 2013. The Washington Post continued to lease space at 1150 L Street NW, in May 2014, The Washington Post leased the west tower of One Franklin Square, a high-rise building at 1301 K Street NW in Washington, D. C
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HuffPost
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On February 7,2011, AOL acquired the mass market Huffington Post for US$315 million, making Arianna Huffington editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group. In July 2012, The Huffington Post was ranked #1 on the 15 Most Popular Political Sites list by eBizMBA Rank, Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast. In 2012, The Huffington Post became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize, the Huffington Post was founded by Arianna Huffington on May 9,2005. It has a community, with over one million comments made on the site each month. Prior to The Huffington Post, Huffington hosted a website called Ariannaonline. com and her first foray into the Internet was a website called Resignation. com, which called for the resignation of President Bill Clinton and was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton. In August 2013, the website banned anonymous comments, in approximately June 2007, the site launched its first local version, HuffPost Chicago. In June 2009, HuffPost New York was launched, followed shortly by HuffPost Denver which launched on September 15,2009, and HuffPost Los Angeles which launched on December 2,2009. In 2011, three new editions were launched, HuffPost San Francisco on July 12, HuffPost Detroit, on November 17. HuffPost Hawaii was launched in collaboration with the investigative reporting. The Huffington Post launched its first international edition, HuffPost Canada, on July 6 of the same year, the Huffington Post UK launched its UK edition. On February 8, another French language edition was launched in the Canadian province of Quebec, on May Day, a U. S. -based Spanish-language edition was launched under the name HuffPost Voces, replacing AOLs Hispanic news platform, AOL Latino. The following month an edition for Spain was announced, as was one for Germany, on September 24, an Italian edition, LHuffington Post, was launched, directed by journalist Lucia Annunziata in collaboration with the media company Gruppo Editoriale LEspresso. On May 6,2013, an edition for Japan was launched with the collaboration of The Asahi Shimbun, with the launch of Al Huffington Post, there is a third francophone edition, this time for the Maghreb area. On October 10, Munich-based Huffington Post Deutschland has been put online in cooperation with the liberal-conservative magazine Focus, in January 2014, Arianna Huffington and Nicolas Berggruen announced the launch of the WorldPost, created in partnership with the Berggruen Institute. Its contributors have included former British prime minister Tony Blair, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, novelist Jonathan Franzen, on January 29,2014, the Brazilian version was launched as Brasil Post, in partnership with Abril Group, the first in Latin America. In September 2014, Huffington Post announced they will launch in Greece, India, and introduce HuffPost Arabi, on August 18,2015, HuffPost Australia was launched. The Huffington Post planned to launch a Chinese version in 2015, due to strict media controls, the content of Chinese version would not include serious news report, only entertainment and lifestyle. In 2011, after its purchase by AOL, The Huffington Post subsumed many of AOLs Voices properties, the Voices brand was expanded in September 2011 with the launch of Gay Voices, a vertical dedicated to LGBT-relevant articles
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Shepard Fairey
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Frank Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He became widely known during the 2008 U. S. presidential election for his Barack Obama Hope poster, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston has described him as one the best known and most influential street artists. C. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and the Victoria, Shepard Fairey was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. His father, Strait Fairey, is a doctor, and his mother, Charlotte, Fairey became involved with art in 1984, when he started to place his drawings on skateboards and T-shirts. In 1988 he graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy in California, in 1992 he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. Faireys first art exhibition, titled Supply & Demand, was held in Boston at the Institute of Contemporary Art during the summer of 2009. The exhibition featured more than 250 works in a variety of media, screen prints, stencils, stickers, rubylith illustrations, collages. As a complement to the ICA exhibition, Fairey created public art works around Boston, the artist explains his driving motivation, The real message behind most of my work is question everything. Fairey sits on the board of Reaching to Embrace the Arts. Fairey created the André the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign in 1989 and this later evolved into the Obey Giant campaign, which has grown via an international network of collaborators replicating Faireys original designs. Fairey intended the Obey Giant to inspire curiosity and cause people to question their relationship with their surroundings, according to the Obey Giant website, The sticker has no meaning but exists only to cause people to react, to contemplate and search for meaning in the sticker. The fact that a segment of the public would not only notice, but investigate. In a manifesto he wrote in 1990, and since posted on his website, Fairey has also spun off the OBEY clothing line from the original sticker campaign. He also uses the slogan The Medium is the Message borrowed from Marshall McLuhan, Shepard Fairey has also stated in an interview that part of his work is inspired by other street artists. While residing in Providence in 1994, Fairey met American filmmaker Helen Stickler, the following spring, Stickler completed a short documentary film about Shepard and his work, titled Andre the Giant has a Posse. The film premiered in the 1995 New York Underground Film Festival and it has been seen in more than 70 festivals and museums internationally. Clients included Pepsi, Hasbro and Netscape, in 2003 he founded the Studio Number One design agency with his wife Amanda Fairey. The agency produced the work for The Black Eyed Peas album Monkey Business
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Barack Obama "Hope" poster
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The Barack Obama Hope poster is an image of Barack Obama designed by artist Shepard Fairey, which was widely described as iconic and came to represent his 2008 presidential campaign. It consists of a stylized portrait of Obama in solid red, beige and blue, with the word progress. The design was created in one day and printed first as a poster, Fairey sold 290 of the posters on the street immediately after printing them. It was then more widely distributed—both as an image and other paraphernalia—during the 2008 election season, initially independently. The image became one of the most widely recognized symbols of Obamas campaign message, spawning many variations and imitations, in January 2009, after Obama had won the election, Faireys mixed-media stenciled portrait version of the image was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for its National Portrait Gallery. Later in January 2009, the photograph on which Fairey based the poster was revealed, in response to claims by the Associated Press for compensation, Fairey sued for a declaratory judgment that his poster was a fair use of the original photograph. The parties settled out of court in January 2011, with details of the settlement remaining confidential, on February 29,2012, Fairey pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to destroying and fabricating documents during his legal battle with the Associated Press. Fairey had sued the news service in 2008 after it claimed that the poster was based on one of its photos. Fairey claimed that he used a different photograph for the poster, in September, Fairey was sentenced to two years of probation,300 hours of community service, and a fine of $25,000. In 2009 Faireys Obama portrait was featured in the book Art For Obama, Designing Manifest Hope, in an interview with Esquire in 2015 Fairey said that Obama had not lived up, not even close, to his expectations. He continued, Obama has had a tough time. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought, Shepard Fairey, who had created earlier political street art critical of government and of George W. Bush, discussed the nascent Obama campaign with publicist Yosi Sergant in late October 2007. Sergant suggested Fairey create some art in support of Obama, Sergant contacted the Obama campaign to seek its permission for Fairey to design an Obama poster, which was granted a few weeks before Super Tuesday. Fairey has said that his decision to create a portrait of Obama stemmed from Faireys feeling that Obamas power, Fairey found a photograph of Obama using Google Image Search and created the original poster design in a single day. Due to the Obama campaign’s concerns about the troublesome connotations of the original wording, Fairey has said, My historical inspiration was the well-known JFK portrait where he is posed in a three-quarters view looking slightly upward and out into the distance. The image of Lincoln on the bill has a similar feel. Fairey began screen-printing posters soon after completing the design and showing it to Yosi Sergant, initially, he sold 350 and put 350 more up in public. He also put a digital version on his website
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Next Stop Wonderland
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Next Stop Wonderland is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Anderson and Lyn Vaus. Time and time again one almost catches the eye. Jon Benjamin as Eric Frank L. Ridley as Whale Watch Captain The films soundtrack is scored by Claudio Ragazzi with various renditions by Vinicius Cantuaria, Arto Lindsay, the film, which cost $1 million to make, was an audience favorite at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998. A bidding war among studio distributors resulted in Miramax Films paying $6 million for the films North American distribution rights, however, the film grossed only $3.3 million during its theatrical release. Gerson, Lisa, Next Stop, Hollywood at the Wayback Machine, Boston magazine, July 1998
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Underdog (film)
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Underdog is a 2007 American family comedy film based on the 1960s cartoon series of the same name. The film was based on the super-powered cartoon character of the same name. Produced by Spyglass Entertainment and DreamWorks Classics, the film was released theatrically in the United States by Walt Disney Pictures, unlike the TV series, the Underdog character is portrayed as a regular dog rather than an anthropomorphic one. Underdog, voiced by Jason Lee, was played by a lemon beagle named Leo sporting a red sweater, the film grossed $65.3 million worldwide. In the Capital City Town Hall, a beagle on the bomb squad sets off a false alarm. After being shunned by his fellow police canines, the leaves in shame and is abducted off the street by Cad. Bitter his proposal for genetic experimentation was declined, Simon plans to prove the mayor wrong by testing his new serum on the beagle. Underdog escapes and runs amok in the lab, causing a fire and becoming exposed to various chemicals, after his escape, the beagle avoids an encounter with a Rottweiler named Riff Raff and his lackeys. Dan Unger strikes the beagle with his car, but, thanks to the serum, Dan takes him home and names him Shoeshine after the dog licks his shoes. Dans son, Jack, becomes jealous of Shoeshines attention, Dan retired from the police to spend more time with Jack after his wifes death but still seems busy. Jack leaves for school and Dan for work, leaving Shoeshine at the house alone, after coming home, Jack complains as he cleans up, and Shoeshine shocks both of them by claiming it was an accident. Jack initially runs away, but after they reach a park, Jack and Shoeshine talk and bond over their attraction to Molly and Polly, Jacks friend. After the girls leave, Jack and Shoeshine test his powers, when Molly and Polly are mugged, Shoeshine rushes to their aid, discovering he can fly. After discreetly rescuing them, Shoeshine returns home with Jack, making Jack promise to never reveal his powers, Cad shows up at the door with posters of Shoeshine, but Jack fools him into leaving just before Dan comes home to discover the mess. Meanwhile, Simon and Cad find a new lair beneath the city, seeing Cads heist on the news, Jack convinces Shoeshine to intervene. Shoeshine disguises himself and saves the hostages, but Cad escapes, Shoeshine adopts the alias Underdog and becomes the citys resident superhero, donning a red sweater and blue cape as his disguise. Simon repeatedly fails to recreate his serum and sends Cad to obtain a sample of Shoeshines DNA, Shoeshine is rebuffed by Polly but gets a date with her as Underdog. Cad fails to capture Underdog but obtains his collar, which contains Underdogs name, Barsinister and Cad kidnap Dan and force him to call Shoeshine for help
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The Great Debaters
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The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biographical drama film directed by and starring Denzel Washington. It is based on an article written about the Wiley College debate team by Tony Scherman for the spring 1997 issue of American Legacy, the film co-stars Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker, Gina Ravera, Jermaine Williams and Jurnee Smollett. The screenplay was written by Robert Eisele, the film was released in theaters on December 25,2007. Based on a story, the plot revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. In the movie, the Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point where they are able to debate Harvard University and this was their 47th annual debate team. The movie also explores the social constructs in Texas during the Great Depression including not only the day-to-day insults and slights African Americans endured, also depicted is James L. Farmer, Jr. who, at 14 years old, was on Wileys debate team after completing high school. Wells also happened to be a minor African American poet whose papers are housed at the Library of Congress, the key line of dialogue, used several times, is a famous paraphrase of Augustine of Hippo, An unjust law is no law at all. Another major line, repeated in different versions according to context. In all instances, these lines are spoken by the James L. Farmer Sr. and James L. Farmer. The film depicts the Free Wiley Debate team beating Harvard College in the 1930s and they did not debate Harvard, however. The debate depicted in the film mirrored the match up between Wiley and the University of Southern California, who at the time were the reigning debating champions. Wiley College did indeed win this matchup, according to Robert Eisele, In that era, there was much at stake when a black college debated any white school, particularly one with the stature of Harvard. We used Harvard to demonstrate the heights they achieved, the Great Debaters debuted at No.11 in its first weekend with a total of $6,005,180 from 1,171 venues. The film grossed $30,236,407 in the US, as of November 20,2012 the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 79% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 131 reviews. The consensus reads, A wonderful cast and top-notch script elevate The Great Debaters beyond a familiar formula for a touching, uplifting drama, metacritic reported the film had an average score of 65 out of 100 based on 32 reviews. Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer named it the 5th best film of 2007, some critics have criticized the film for playing it safe. Cities of focus included Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, on December 19,2007, Denzel Washington announced a $1 million donation to Wiley College so they could re-establish their debate team. June 2007, after completing filming at Central High School, Grand Cane, Louisiana, the Great Debaters was released on DVD on May 13,2008 on 1-disc and 2-disc editions
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The Box (2009 film)
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However, once the button has been pushed, someone will die. In December 1976, a financially strapped couple, Norma and Arthur Lewis find a package on their doorstep, inside is a locked wooden box, with a transparent dome top and large red button visible underneath. An accompanying note reads, Mr. Steward will call upon you at 5,00 pm and they leave it in the kitchen. At 5,00 pm, Mr. Steward, a man with the left side of his face burned off. He tells Norma that, if the button is pushed, he give her a tax free payment of $1 million in cash. However, someone she does not know will die, Arthur, a NASA engineer, disassembles the box to find only a button and nothing under it. Later, Norma and Arthur have ethical and moral arguments about pushing the button, wondering whether a young and innocent person, Norma impulsively decides to push the button, and does it quickly before her husband can stop her. Simultaneously, miles away, a man kills his wife and then flees, police are perplexed as to why Jeffrey Carnes, a NASA employee like Arthur, shot his wife to death, because they had a happy relationship. At Normas sisters wedding rehearsal, Arthur wins a chance to select a gift from presents provided by the dinner guests, a plain brown box exactly like his and Normas is among them. Arthur opens it to find a photo of Steward before the disfigurement, Arthur asks Normas father, a police officer, to run the license plate number of Stewards car. Shortly after, Norma is asked to take a call at the wedding rehearsal. The call is from Mr. Steward who asks why her husband is having his car license plate run by the police department, Norma asks Mr. Steward how he knew this, and he warns her that he has employees everywhere. Later on, Arthur drives the babysitter home and she tells him she is living in a motel because her family is moving, but their new house is not ready to move into yet. As he is driving, she begins to ramble and tells Arthur to look into the light and her nose begins to bleed and she passes out just as he is approaching the motel. Arthur pulls into the parking lot and sees her ID. She suddenly wakes and rushes into the motel, in her room, she has surveillance photographs of Arthur and his family all over the walls. It is obvious she is not who she says she is, once back home, Arthur asks Norma how she met the baby-sitter, she said on a tour of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C. Later, while in the supermarket, Norma is approached by a woman who tells her to look up a call number in the library and not to trust anyone
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Edge of Darkness
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A mixture of crime drama and political thriller, it revolves around the efforts of policeman Ronald Craven to unravel the truth behind the murder of his daughter Emma. Cravens investigations soon lead him into a world of government and corporate cover-ups and nuclear espionage. First broadcast on BBC2, Edge of Darkness was met with widespread critical acclaim that within days it had earned a repeat on BBC1. Winner of several awards, it remains highly regarded to this day. The series director, Martin Campbell, filmed a remake, released in January 2010, starring Mel Gibson, Yorkshire police officer Ronald Craven is returning home with his daughter Emma having picked her up from a meeting of an environmental organisation at her university campus. On the doorstep of their home Emma is shot dead, the police concentrate their effort on the theory that her murder was a botched attempt on Cravens life by a criminal he had been responsible for convicting. However, as Craven goes through Emmas belongings, he discovers a geiger counter and he also learns that Emmas body and her possessions are radioactive. As he continues his investigations, Craven is visited by Emmas ghost, the fingerprints on the getaway car used by Emmas killer match that of Lowe, a man Craven arrested ten years previously. Meanwhile, Pendleton takes Craven to meet his colleague, Harcourt, a team of six GAIA members, led by Emma, had broken into a low level radioactive waste facility at Northmoor, all are now either dead or missing. After Craven makes an appeal for information about Emmas killer, he is contacted by CIA agent Darius Jedburgh. Jedburgh is played as a professional with a wry sense of humour. Along with Harcourt and Pendleton, he is keen to find the source, the police close in on their suspect, Lowe, who is severely injured in a fall while trying to escape. Dying, he tells Craven he was working with McCroon, a terrorist Craven had had convicted in Northern Ireland, Emmas boyfriend, Terry Shields, tells Craven that she was investigating a hot cell in Northmoor, he is later killed. Pendleton tells Craven that he believes Grogan was behind Emmas death, returning to Yorkshire for Emmas funeral, Craven is refused permission to seek a warrant to enter Northmoor. Returning home, he is observed by McCroon, McCroon breaks into Cravens house intent on killing him. Craven demands McCroon tell him who he is working for but McCroon is shot by a police marksman before he can say anything, through a contact of Mac, a colleague from his time in Northern Ireland, Craven gains access to a terminal connected to the MI5 computer. He checks the MI5 records for GAIA, Northmoor and Emma and he also obtains a three-dimensional map of Northmoor from the computer. Craven contacts Jedburgh and asks him to him inside Northmoor
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Law & Order, Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30,2001, Criminal Intent focuses on the investigations of the Major Case Squad in a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department set in New York Citys One Police Plaza. In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often ripped from the headlines or loosely based on a crime that received media attention. The series aired on NBC for the first six seasons but was moved to the NBCUniversal-owned USA Network starting with the season to share costs. During its NBC run, each episode aired on USA the week after its original NBC airing, the series ended on June 26,2011, after 10 seasons comprising 195 episodes. The Major Case Squad investigates high-profile cases such as those involving VIPs, local government officials and employees, the industry. The series pays attention to the actions and motives of the criminals, rather than focusing exclusively on the police and prosecutions. A feature of each Criminal Intent episode is that the cold open always involves a series of cut-scenes that show events from the suspects and victims lives, clues to the crimes eventual solution can often be found in this teaser sequence. Unlike other Law & Order series, most Criminal Intent episodes end in confessions rather than continuing to the trial phase, seasons 1-4 and 10 focus on Detectives Robert Bobby Goren and Alexandra Eames as the primary detectives in every episode. After season 7, Mike Logan retired from the NYPD and was replaced with Detective Zack Nichols until season 10, the UK-aired version of Law & Order, Criminal Intent features the song Theres Only Me by Rob Dougan in the opening credits. Another Rob Dougan track, Im Not Driving Anymore, is used as the theme for Law & Order and Law & Order, from season 6 the UK-aired version theme is Urban Warfare by Paul Dinletir. Law & Order, Criminal Intent was created in 2001 by René Balcer, Balcer served as the shows executive producer, showrunner, and head writer for its first five seasons. The show dominated its time slot on Sundays at 9,00 p. m. for its first three seasons, and was often the highest-rated show of the night, with an average audience of 15.5 million viewers. The show aired Sundays on NBC, with each episode being repeated on USA Network the following Saturday. Beginning in Season 4, it faced new competition from ABCs night-time soap opera Desperate Housewives. Balcer left the show at the end of Season 5, and the show was handed off to Warren Leight, under Leights leadership, the show acquired a new, more melodramatic tone. The mystery aspect of the show was simplified in favor of personal stories involving the detectives. For example, Goren endured his mothers battle with cancer
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Mercy (TV series)
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Mercy is an American medical drama television series which aired on NBC from September 23,2009, to May 12,2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday at 8,00 pm, as part of the 2009 fall season, on October 23,2009, Mercy was picked up for a full 22-episode first season. On May 14,2010, NBC announced that Mercy had been cancelled after one season due to low ratings, Mercy is an ensemble drama set in the fictional Mercy Hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey. The show focuses on the lives of three nurses, the show occasionally also filmed inside a private residence in Weehawken, New Jersey. Some interior shots for the show were filmed in the unused Barnert Hospital in Paterson, in the old St Marys Hospital in Passaic Exterior shots of Mercy Hospital were taken of the back side of a public school on 4th street in Jersey City, New Jersey. The exterior of Lucky 7s Bar was filmed at a location on the corner of 2nd, the interior of the bar was the Park Tavern located on West Side Avenue off Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City. The exterior shots of The Red Fox Saloon were filmed at the Monaghan House in South Amboy, the interior shots of the Saloon were filmed at Teds Bar in the Morgan area of Sayreville, New Jersey. Mercy was originally slated to begin midseason, but was moved to the fall after the premiere of Parenthood was pushed to 2010 due to production issues, Mercy received a score of 41 of 100 from the review aggregator Metacritic, and received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Matthew Gilbert, from The Boston Globe, referred to the show as a bunch of played-out hospital clichés, similarly, a review in The Hollywood Reporter calls the show just another hospital soap opera and a lethal cocktail of virtually every medical drama ever seen on TV. Matt Roush of TV Guide wrote Nurses deserve better than this ludicrous potboiler, several critics have referred to Mercy as a weak copy of Showtimes Nurse Jackie. The shows writing has been criticized as twisting itself into a pretzel to provide ironies, in a review in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rob Owen said the show hits viewers over the head with its thesis statement that nurses are under-appreciated. Robert Bianco from USA Today stated that remarkably good actors going to waste here, official website Mercy at the Internet Movie Database Mercy at TV. com Mercy at Metacritic
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Boardwalk Empire
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Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and airing on premium cable channel HBO. The series is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era, the pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese and produced at a cost of $18 million. On September 1,2009, HBO picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes, the series premiered on September 19,2010, and completed its five-season run on October 26,2014. Boardwalk Empire received widespread acclaim, particularly for its visual style and basis on historical figures. The series received 57 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two for Outstanding Drama Series, winning 20. The series also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2011, Nucky acts with historical characters in both his personal and political life, including mobsters, politicians, government agents, and the common folk who look up to him. The final season jumps ahead seven years, to 1931, as Prohibition nears its end, Steve Buscemi as Enoch Nucky Thompson – the corrupt treasurer of Atlantic County and its most powerful political figure. Based on Atlantic City political boss Enoch L. Johnson, Michael Pitt as James Jimmy Darmody – Nuckys onetime protegé, an honor student who left Princeton to serve in World War I, works briefly for Nucky before striking out on his own into organized crime. Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Thompson – a young widow and mother, she turns to Nucky and becomes his mistress, Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden / George Mueller – a former Prohibition Agent on the run. Under the alias George Mueller, he is a bootlegger in the Chicago area working as the muscle for Dean OBanions organization, shea Whigham as Elias Eli Thompson – Nuckys younger brother and former sheriff of Atlantic County. Now works as part of Nuckys organization, aleksa Palladino as Angela Darmody – Jimmys wife and the mother of his young son. Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein – a powerful New York gangster who does business with Nucky, charlie Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Siegel work for him. Stephen Graham as Al Capone – a violent Chicago gangster who is the man of Chicago crime boss Johnny Torrio. Vincent Piazza as Charles Lucky Luciano – a New York gangster, paz de la Huerta as Lucy Danziger – Nuckys former mistress. Michael Kenneth Williams as Albert Chalky White – a powerful African-American gangster in Atlantic City, anthony Laciura as Edward Anselm Eddie Kessler – Nuckys loyal butler. Paul Sparks as Mieczyslaw Mickey Doyle Kuzik – an Atlantic City bootlegger, dabney Coleman as Commodore Louis Kaestner – Nuckys mentor and predecessor in Atlantic City, Jimmys father. John Ellison Conlee portrays a young Commodore in the season 5 flashbacks, jack Huston as Richard Harrow – a former Army marksman who allies with Jimmy. Disfigured in the war, he wears a tin mask over half of his face, gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody – Jimmys mother and Nuckys longtime friend
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Law & Order, Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural, legal, crime drama television series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often ripped from the headlines or loosely based on crimes that have received media attention. Created and produced by Dick Wolf, the series premiered on NBC on September 20,1999, the show began its 18th season on September 21,2016, and has aired 404 original episodes as of April 5,2017. As the series progressed, additional supporting characters were added as allies of the detectives in the New York County Manhattan District Attorneys office, certain episodes will go into detail about detectives personal lives and how they may or may not tie into the crimes dealt with during the show. Typical episodes follow the detectives and their colleagues as they investigate and prosecute sexually based offenses, on February 1,2016, the series was renewed for an eighteenth season. The season premiered on Wednesday, September 21,2016 at 9 p. m. on NBC, the crime inspired Dick Wolf to write the story for the season one episode of Law & Order titled Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die. Even after writing the episode, however, the continued to haunt Wolf. The original title of the show was Sex Crimes, reflecting the nature of the crimes depicted on the show. Initially there was concern among the producers that, should Sex Crimes fail, additionally, Ted Kotcheff wanted to create a new series that was not dependent upon the original series for success. Wolf felt, however, that it was important and commercially desirable to have Law & Order in the title, the first episode, Payback, premiered on NBC on September 20,1999. Executive producer Neal Baer left Law & Order, SVU as show-runner at the end of twelve, after eleven years on the show. Baer was replaced by former Law & Order, Criminal Intent executive producer/showrunner Warren Leight, in March 2015 it was announced that Warren Leight signed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures Television, that will allow him to work on SVU one more season, its seventeenth. Leight joined the show in season thirteen and it was announced on March 10,2016 that original Law & Order veteran producer Rick Eid would take Leights place as showrunner/executive producer starting in season 18. Creator Dick Wolf commented to The Hollywood Reporter, Im extremely pleased that Rick had decided to rejoin the family and hope that he will be here for years to come. Many exterior scenes of Law & Order, Special Victims Unit are filmed on location in New York City, Wolfs home town, as the NYPD encounters varied law enforcement challenges on a daily basis, the backdrop provides the writers a supply of ideal locations from which to choose. When searching for a place to film the interiors of the show, the show moved into the studio space at Chelsea Piers that had been occupied by the original Law & Order series until its cancellation in May 2010. Fort Lee, New Jersey served as the location for Detective Elliot Stablers residence in Queens. The show originally aired on Monday nights at 9,00 p. m. ET for the first nine episodes, from September 20 through November 29,1999
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Unforgettable (U.S. TV series)
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Unforgettable is an American police procedural crime drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 20,2011. The series was developed by Ed Redlich and John Bellucci, and stars Poppy Montgomery as Detective Carrie Wells, after being canceled twice by CBS, Unforgettable was picked up by A&E for a fourth season. The season premiered on November 27,2015, with two back-to-back episodes, in February 2016, A&E canceled the show. Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia and she reluctantly joins the New York City Police Departments Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner, Lieutenant Al Burns, asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to out the one thing she has been unable to remember. As season two begins, Carrie and Al are offered a transfer to the NYPDs Major Crimes Section, Dr. Joanne Webster is the only supporting character to go with them. The season-one opening narration by Poppy Montgomery is as follows, Im Carrie Wells, only a few people in the world have the ability to remember everything. Pick any day of my life, and I can tell you what I saw or heard, faces, conversations, if I miss something the first time, its okay. I can go back and look again, Poppy Montgomery as Detective Carrie Wells, the shows lead character. An enigmatic former Syracuse police detective, Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia and her ability is very helpful to investigations she and her team are conducting. She has wanted to be a cop ever since her sister was murdered when she was eight years old and she graduated from South Syracuse Prep in 1993, and in high school her nickname was Scary Carrie. From 1997 to 2002, she worked for the Syracuse Police Department, the move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, the man that was responsible for her sisters murder. In season two, she and Al transfer to the Major Crimes Section, in Past Tense, Carrie is nominated by Eliot Delson for the NYPD Medal for Valor for talking down and apprehending an Afghanistan War veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder. In Blast from the Past, Carrie is mentioned as having an unprecedented 100% case closure rating thanks to her hyperthymesia, dylan Walsh as Lieutenant Al Burns, the Commander of the 117th Precincts Detective Squad. He was also Carries partner and lover when she worked at the Syracuse Police Department, after coming to her for help, Carrie and Al decide to work together once again to solve various cases. Even though they are not in a relationship anymore, but are good friends. In season 2, he and Carrie transfer to the Major Crimes Section, in Behind the Beat, it is mentioned that Al attended Ithaca College, where he learned how to play jazz trombone. As seen in With Honor, Al is a recipient of the US Flag Bar, NYPD Meritorious Police Duty, NYPD Excellent Police Duty, kevin Rankin as Detective Roe Sanders, a junior detective whos one of Carrie and Als co-workers at the 117th Precinct
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Nurse Jackie
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Nurse Jackie is an American medical comedy-drama series. It premiered on Showtime on June 8,2009, the shows seventh and final season premiered on April 12,2015. The series finale aired on June 28,2015, the show stars Edie Falco as the title character Jackie Peyton, an emergency department nurse at All Saints Hospital in New York City. For Jackie, every day is a wire act of juggling patients, doctors, fellow nurses. Nurse Jackie was created by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem, Brixius and Wallem served as showrunners for the first four seasons and shared executive producer duties with Caryn Mandabach and John Melfi. Showtime ordered an initial 12 episodes, before the premiere, Brixius told the New York Daily News that Guys stories tend to be about conquests – getting the job, winning the Olympics, whatever. Women stories arent as immediately climactic so they need to play out over the course of three months, and every medical show out there has been about doctors. Doctors are absolutely unable to do what they have to do without nurses and we want to tell those stories. The June 8,2009, series premiere was Showtimes most successful ever, with 1 million viewers for the premiere, Showtime immediately picked up the series for a second season. Season Three premiered on Showtime on March 28,2011, on May 23,2011, Showtime ordered a fourth season. A fifth season was ordered on May 31,2012, the season 4 finale aired on June 17,2012. Season 5 premiered on April 14,2013, with new showrunner, on June 6,2013, Showtime renewed the show for a sixth season, which premiered on April 13,2014. On March 31,2014, Showtime renewed Nurse Jackie for a seventh season, entertainment Weekly gave the first episode a B+, stating Edie Falco brings a genial forcefulness to Nurse Jackie. New York magazine called the Showtime series smart, acrid, alternately sharp and sentimental, and the setting for a truly breakthrough female character. James Poniewozik from Time magazine ranked Nurse Jackies episode Tiny Bubbles as 5th on his Top 10 Episodes of 2009 list, the seventh and final season did not receive enough ratings to warrant a score. She has no qualms about repeatedly violating the nursing Code of Ethics, on August 29,2010, at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, in her acceptance speech for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Falco exclaimed Im not funny. Later, while speaking to the press, she expanded upon her statement, starring Halina Reijn, Katja Schuurman, and Benja Bruijning, the show began airing on March 13,2013. Official website Nurse Jackie at the Internet Movie Database
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Clear History
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The film was released on August 10,2013. In 2003, bearded, long-haired Nathan Flomm is an opinionated, obnoxious business associate of Will Haney, whose company in San Jose, Flomm objects to the car being named the Howard after Haney’s son, who is himself named after Howard Roark, hero of The Fountainhead. Ten years later, a balding, clean-shaven Flomm has changed his name to Rolly DaVore and moved to Marthas Vineyard, beginning a new life and they include a new best friend, a now former lover, and a local building contractor. Frank takes Flomm to a birthday party where he punches Jaspar. Flomm ruins Jaspars budding romance with Jennifer, a formerly heavy-set woman, Jaspar concludes Flomm is a racist. When learning rock band Chicago is returning to the Vineyard for the first time in 20 years and he is upset that everyone seems to know about this but him. Haney, now a wealthy mogul, arrives on the island with wife Rhonda and begins building a mansion on the site of Blue Heron. Flomm is relieved that Haney doesnt recognize him, but cant bear to remain on the island, however, inspired by the movie The Fountainhead, Flomm becomes determined to gain revenge for his lost billion dollars by blowing up Haneys mansion. Frank introduces him to explosives expert Joe Stumpo and Stumpos friend Rags and he then persuades McKenzie, the construction foreman, to let him be part of the crew. Flomm meets with Tibor, a Chechen criminal, and pays him $1,000, while driving away, Flomm has a fender-bender with Tibors new car. Tibor demands Flomm pay for the damage, Jaspar discovers Flomms true identity and warns if Jennifer dates another man he will make Flomms identity known. Flomm worms his way into a friendship with Haneys wife Rhonda, pretending to know about architecture. Flomm lies to Tibor that Jennifer had performed oral sex on members of the band Chicago, Flomm concludes from Rhondas attentions that she is attracted to him, which will now be his revenge, rather than blowing up the Haneys new house. During a heated argument over who should move their car, Flomm mistakes her passion, Rhonda is repulsed, asking, Are you crazy. Flomm proceeds with the destruction of the house, to occur during Chicagos concert performance. The band tells Flomm that two of them did indeed receive oral sex from Wendy on their previous visit, Jaspar becomes furious at seeing Jennifer with Tibor and informs the local newspaper of Rollys true identity. Haney turns up at the concert and shocks Flomm by embracing him and he wants to pay Flomm the billion dollars, feeling guilty over their falling out. Flomm is elated, but now must stop Stumpo and Rags from destroying the mansion, the house explodes just as a bus filled with children arrives
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Olive Kitteridge (miniseries)
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Olive Kitteridge is a 2014 four-hour miniseries based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Strout. The miniseries is divided into four parts, each depicting a certain point of time in the novel, the miniseries was shown in a similar format in the United Kingdom on Sky Atlantic, on December 14 and December 15,2014. It premiered in Australia on showcase from 13 January 2015, at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, the miniseries won eight awards including Outstanding Limited Series. Olive Kitteridge is a misanthropic and strict, but well-meaning, retired schoolteacher who lives in the seaside town of Crosby. She is married to Henry Kitteridge, a kind, considerate man who runs a pharmacy downtown, and has a son named Christopher. For 25 years, Olive has experienced problems of depression, bereavement, jealousy, the critical consensus reads, Olive Kitteridges narrative slow burn enhances fascinating performances -- and a story worthy of its source material. On Metacritic, the show has a score of 89 out of 100, based on 34 critics, Olive Kitteridge was released by HBO on DVD and Blu-ray on February 10,2015. Olive Kitteridge at the Internet Movie Database
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Bull
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A bull is an intact adult male of the species Bos taurus. Usage of these terms varies considerably with area and dialect, colloquially, people unfamiliar with cattle may refer to both castrated and intact animals as bulls. A wild, young, unmarked bull is known as a micky in Australia, improper or late castration on a bull results in it becoming a coarse steer, also known as a stag in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. In some countries an incompletely castrated male is also as a rig or ridgling. The word bull also denotes the males of other bovines, including bison and water buffalo as well as other species of large animals including elephants, camels, elk, moose. Bulls are much more muscular than cows, with bones, larger feet, a very muscular neck. These features assist bulls in fighting for domination over a herd, the hair is generally shorter on the body, but on the neck and head there is often a mane of curlier, wooly hair. Bulls are usually about the height as cows or a little taller. In horned cattle the horns of bulls tend to be thicker and somewhat shorter than those of cows, and in many breeds they curve outwards in a flat arc rather than upwards in a lyre shape. It is not true, as is believed, that bulls have horns and cows do not. Bulls become fertile at about seven months of age, given the small amount of erectile tissue, there is little enlargement after erection. The penis is quite rigid when non-erect, and becomes more rigid during erection. Protrusion is not affected much by erection, but more by relaxation of the retractor penis muscle, Bulls are occasionally affected by a condition known as corkscrew penis. The penis of a bull is about 3–4 cm in diameter. The bulls glans penis has a rounded and elongated shape, a common misconception widely repeated in depictions of bull behavior is that the color red angers bulls, inciting them to charge. In fact, like most mammals, cattle are red-green color blind, in bullfighting, it is the movement of the matadors cape, and not the color, which provokes a reaction in the bull. Other than the few bulls needed for breeding, the vast majority of cattle are slaughtered for meat before the age of three years. Most of these animals are castrated as calves to reduce aggressive behavior and prevent unwanted mating
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YouTube
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YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005, Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, YouTube now operates as one of Googles subsidiaries. Unregistered users can watch videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Videos deemed potentially offensive are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old, YouTube earns advertising revenue from Google AdSense, a program which targets ads according to site content and audience. YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, Hurley had studied design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Karim could not easily find video clips of either event online, Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service, and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not. YouTube began as a venture capital-funded technology startup, primarily from an $11.5 million investment by Sequoia Capital between November 2005 and April 2006, YouTubes early headquarters were situated above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California. The domain name www. youtube. com was activated on February 14,2005, the first YouTube video, titled Me at the zoo, shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. The video was uploaded on April 23,2005, and can still be viewed on the site, YouTube offered the public a beta test of the site in May 2005. The first video to reach one million views was a Nike advertisement featuring Ronaldinho in November 2005. Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site grew rapidly, and in July 2006 the company announced that more than 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day, and that the site was receiving 100 million video views per day. The site has 800 million unique users a month and it is estimated that in 2007 YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000. The choice of the name www. youtube. com led to problems for a similarly named website, the sites owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, filed a lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006 after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube has since changed the name of its website to www. utubeonline. com, in October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock, and the deal was finalized on November 13,2006. In March 2010, YouTube began free streaming of certain content, according to YouTube, this was the first worldwide free online broadcast of a major sporting event. On March 31,2010, the YouTube website launched a new design, with the aim of simplifying the interface, Google product manager Shiva Rajaraman commented, We really felt like we needed to step back and remove the clutter. In May 2010, YouTube videos were watched more than two times per day. This increased to three billion in May 2011, and four billion in January 2012, in February 2017, one billion hours of YouTube was watched every day
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
